obstetrics
[uh b-ste-triks]
- the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. Abbreviation: OB, ob
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Origin of obstetrics
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Contemporary Examples
A new study released today in Obstetrics & Gynecology could close this contentious question for good.
He graduated medical school in 1991 and completed a single-year internship in obstetrics and gynecology, finishing in 1992.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 198 (2): 210.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 198 (3), 298e 1-8.
Historical Examples
Thorough knowledge of obstetrics and dispensing indispensable.
The Stark Munro LettersJ. Stark Munro
He has described also many of the most difficult operations in obstetrics.
Outlines of Greek and Roman MedicineJames Sands Elliott
The story of the Caesarean operation attests the evolution of obstetrics.
The Century of ColumbusJames J. Walsh
Browning was interested, like some scientific man, in the obstetrics of art.
Robert BrowningG. K. Chesterton
In Holland she could take a full course in obstetrics and could be of great service then to the future mothers of her land.
Letters of a Javanese PrincessRaden Adjeng Kartini
obstetrics
- (functioning as singular) the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth and the treatment of women before and after childbirth
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Word Origin and History for obstetrics
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obstetrics
(ŏb-stĕt′rĭks, əb-)- The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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obstetrics
[ŏb-stĕt′rĭks]
- The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
obstetrics
[(uhb-ste-triks)]
A branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, labor, and the period of recovery following childbirth.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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